Conspiracy

Another fine example of how alternate viewpoints found a willing soapbox in
BBSes, Conspiracy Files promised to reveal the true and actual way of the
world by exposing the secret, behind-the-scenes machinations of those who
were secretly in power. Since everything got equal footing in the file
sections or in the message bases, it all seemed a little more plausible
when a literate, seemingly well-thought-out essay told you that things
were not how they seemed. This is the power that the Internet shares today.

Whether you look at them as the Real Truth shining through, or some
amazingly entertaining fiction, you can often spot a good solid
conspiracy theory a mile away. You get evidence that has been
surpressed, studies that have been done and forgotten, and sometimes,
if you're lucky, it'll mention the Pope.